Platanthera flava: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platanthera
- Species
- Platanthera flava
- Scientific Name
- Platanthera flava
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Platanthera flava
Platanthera flava, the southern rein orchid or palegreen orchid, is a species of pale-flowered orchid. It is native to eastern North America, from Texas east to Florida, north to Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.
Platanthera flava has from 10 to 40 flowers in an inflorescence. In the north of its range, in Canada, this species is particularly associated with shorelines of lakes and rivers, in the seasonally flooded zone. In Nova Scotia, it occurs in wet meadows on seasonally flooded shorelines with rare shoreline species such as Plymouth Gentian. In the south, such as in Texas, it is found in wet savannas and flatwoods. The shoreline habitats of the north are maintained by ice scour, while in the south, the flatwoods are maintained by recurring fire. Hence, it appears that this species depends upon recurring natural disturbance to maintain open sunny conditions.
...Platanthera flava in languages:
- English
- pale green orchid
- English
- tubercled rein orchid
- English
- tubercled bog orchid
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Piperia
- Platanthera algeriensis
- Platanthera amabilis
- Platanthera angustata
- Platanthera aquilonis
- Platanthera azorica
- Platanthera bakeriana
- Platanthera bhutanica
- Platanthera bifolia
- Platanthera blephariglottis
- Platanthera blumei
- Platanthera boninensis
- Platanthera brevicalcarata
- Platanthera brevifolia
- Platanthera calceoliformis
- Platanthera calderoniae
- Platanthera carnosilabris
- Platanthera chapmanii
- Platanthera chlorantha
- Platanthera chorisiana
- Platanthera ciliaris
- Platanthera clavellata
- Platanthera clavigera
- Platanthera convallariifolia
- Platanthera cristata
- Platanthera deflexilabella
- Platanthera densa
- Platanthera devolii
- Platanthera dilatata
- Platanthera edgeworthii
- Platanthera finetiana
- Platanthera flava
- Platanthera florentii
- Platanthera formosana
- Platanthera fuscescens
- Platanthera grandiflora
- Platanthera holmboei
- Platanthera hologlottis
- Platanthera hondoensis
- Platanthera hookeri
- Platanthera huronensis
- Platanthera hyperborea
- Platanthera iinumae
- Platanthera integra
- Platanthera integrilabia
- Platanthera japonica
- Platanthera komarovii
- Platanthera lacera
- Platanthera leucophaea
- Platanthera limosa
- Platanthera longibracteata
- Platanthera longicalcarata
- Platanthera longifolia
- Platanthera macrophylla
- Platanthera mandarinorum
- Platanthera maximowicziana
- Platanthera metabifolia
- Platanthera micrantha
- Platanthera minor
- Platanthera mixta
- Platanthera muelleri
- Platanthera neglecta
- Platanthera nipponica
- Platanthera nivea
- Platanthera nubigena
- Platanthera obtusata
- Platanthera okuboi
- Platanthera oligantha
- Platanthera ophrydioides
- Platanthera orbiculata
- Platanthera oreades
- Platanthera oreophila
- Platanthera pallida
- Platanthera peramoena
- Platanthera pollostantha
- Platanthera praeclara
- Platanthera psycodes
- Platanthera purpurascens
- Platanthera replicata
- Platanthera sachalinensis
- Platanthera saprophytica
- Platanthera shriveri
- Platanthera sonoharae
- Platanthera sparsiflora
- Platanthera stenoglossa
- Platanthera stricta
- Platanthera taiwanensis
- Platanthera tescamnis
- Platanthera tipuloides
- Platanthera ussuriensis
- Platanthera volcanica
- Platanthera x corderi
- Platanthera yosemitensis
- Platanthera zothecina
- Platanthera × andrewsii
- Platanthera × bicolor
- Platanthera × canbyi
- Platanthera × channellii
- Platanthera × correllii
- Platanthera × enigma
- Platanthera × estesii
- Platanthera × hollandiae
- Platanthera × hybrida
- Platanthera × keenanii
- Platanthera × lassenii
- Platanthera × lueri
- Platanthera × media
- Platanthera × reznicekii
- Platanthera × vossii





























































































































































